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Donald Trump plans to roll back tariffs on steel and aluminium goods — Financial Post Latest softening of levies comes amid persistent voter anxiety about affordability in the U.S.

#cdnpoli Donald #Trump plans to roll back tariffs on steel and aluminium goods - Financial Post
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#bcpoli Scary thing for me is many voters aren’t scared by CPBC. Polls have them very close to BCNDP. Last prov elecn we were in ice cream shop after voting early. Two middle aged women told us they had just voted to stop Trudeau. We didn’t bother to ask what that had to do with a provincial elxn

#bcpoli Elections matter, that’s when voters take a close look at BC Conservatives and the eleven seeking to lead them. Will they still promise to eliminate rent controls? Will their conspiracy theorists be fully exposed? Agree that next election outcome can’t be taken for granted.

B.C. Greens pull out of governing accord with B.C. NDP | CBC News The Greens, which have two seats in B.C.’s legislature, will not sign a new co-operation agreement with the NDP government, saying the party has stalled or sidelined too many of the measures it agreed...

#bcpoli Doubt BC Greens can hang on to the two seats they have now if BC has an election this year.
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Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Ontario and Michigan | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.

#cdnpoli On April 12, 2013, the U.S. State Dept issued Presidential Permit providing U.S. federal approval for “construction, connection, operation, and maintenance” of the new publicly owned bridge linking Detroit and Windsor. Now Trump says $8 billion bridge can’t open.
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‘It’s an absolute bloodbath’: Washington Post lays off hundreds of workers Former Post executive editor blasts owner Jeff Bezos’s ‘sickening efforts to curry favor’ with Trump

#cdnpoli Another nail in journalism’s coffin. Hard to continue to subscribe.
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Canada’s Conservatives Give Their Trump-Inspired Leader a Second Chance

#cdnpoli NYT headline sums it up for #Poilievre
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Canada separatists accused of ‘treason’ after secret talks with US state department Alberta activists’ covert meetings with US officials revealed, outlining group’s increasingly emboldened efforts

#cdnpoli #bcpoli #abpoli Premier Danielle Smith is far too silent in defending Canada. Like Poilievre who has a third of his base loving Trump, Smith lacks the courage to take on extremists in her party.
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Eby accuses Alberta separatists of ‘treason’ for meeting with U.S. officials B.C. Premier says he plans to raise the issue when he meets with Carney and his provincial counterparts

#cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli Premier Smith must not sit idly by as treason occurs.
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Where is the Supreme Court’s decision on Trump’s tariffs? | CNN Politics When the Supreme Court agreed last September to hear a dispute over President Donald Trump’s billion-dollar tariffs on foreign goods, it heeded the administration’s plea that time was of the essence.

#cdnpoli #SCOUS is in recess until February 20, not rushing on tariff case.
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Canada in talks with Meta on return of news to Facebook as CUSMA review nears | CBC News The federal government says its willingness to speak with Meta about the possibility of seeing online news return to Facebook is part of an ongoing conversation Canada is having with the United States...

#cdnpoli Both sides have irritants to discuss and negotiate.
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Carney rolls his eyes at US Treasury secretary, says he told Trump he meant what he said at Davos In Davos at the World Economic Forum last week, Carney condemned economic coercion by great powers on smaller countries without mentioning Trump’s name.

#cdnpoli “Carney rolled his eyes and rejected U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s contention to Fox News that he aggressively walked back his comments at the World Economic Forum during a phone call with Trump on Monday.”
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California sues the Trump administration over plans to restart oil pipelines along the coast California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing the Trump administration for approving an oil company's plans to restart two oil pipelines along the state's coast.

#cdnpoli #bcpoli The federal administration has no right to usurp California’s regulatory authority,” he said at a news conference. “We’re taking them to court to draw a line in the sand and to protect our coast, beaches & communities from potentially hazardous pipelines.”
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Mark Carney Says Firmly That ‘Canada Doesn’t Live Because of the United States’

#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social appropriately responded to #Trump
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Watch Veronika the brown cow pick up a rake to scratch herself—a scientific first — National Geographic Veronika the cow has learned to scratch herself with deck brushes and other tools. Scientists took note.

Watch Veronika the brown cow pick up a rake to scratch herself — a scientific first - National Geographic
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PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos – January 20, 2026 YouTube video by cpac

#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social speech at World Economic Forum in Davos is a don’t miss that should make Canadians proud. Spend 16 minutes and hear all of it.
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Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds — The Wall Street Journal Research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill, and could weaken his hand in the dispute over Greenland

Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds - The Wall Street Journal #cdnpoli
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Trump ties Greenland takeover bid to Nobel Prize in text to Norway leader Trump’s push to take over Greenland and unleash a trade war with European nations has sparked the greatest transatlantic crisis in generations.

#Trump ties #Greenland takeover bid to Nobel Prize in text to Norway leader.
Trump is clearly very very sick.
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The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences

Wish I could stick around and see how the earth looks a million years from now. Lucky if I make it ten more.
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FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home The search came as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials.

FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home #nofreesoeechinus
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Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow

US Justice isn’t just. #cdnpoli
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Greenland says it cannot accept US takeover ‘under any circumstances’ Self-governing island stresses it is member of Nato, which is looking at improving Arctic defences, through Denmark

#Trump is a threat to world order. #cdnpoli
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Interesting to see if expansion of facilities in northern BC goes ahead.

Trump’s Oil Grab Is a Big Problem for the OPEC Cartel — The Wall Street Journal Bringing Venezuela’s output under U.S. control has the potential to upend the power balance in the world market

Analysis: #Trump’s oil grab Is a big problem for the OPEC cartel - The Wall Street Journal
#bcpoli #abooli #cdnpoli Trump’s target price for oil would make Alberta Premier’s pipe dream uneconomic.
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Oil CEOs are meeting with Trump today. These are their demands | CNN Business President Donald Trump is set to meet with Big Oil executives Friday as part of a weeklong charm offensive to persuade America’s largest energy companies to return to Venezuela.

Oil companies reluctant to follow #Trump in to #Venzuela
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Any new leader of the BC Conservatives will have to herd cats. It won’t be easy to deal with extremists in that caucus. #bcpoli

Minneapolis mayor refutes claim that ICE's fatal shooting of a woman was in self-defense and tells the agency to "get the f*** out" of the city. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4sw5yDK

Statement from Denmark's Prime Minister to the US about threats made

Statement from Greenland's Premier to the people of Greenland in response to threats from the US

Statements from Greenland's Premier and Denmark's PM a short time ago.

www.politicususa.com The Premier Of Greenland Obliterates Trump

The Premier Of Greenland Obliterates Trump

Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s — The Atlantic The president told The Atlantic that Delcy Rodríguez needs to comply with U.S. wishes—or else.

#Trump Threatens #Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s - The Atlantic
He says Greenland could be next.
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